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A. W. KNUSON.

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ALFRED W. KNUTSON, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOS, ASSIGNOR T ROWE MANUFAC-TURING CO., OF GALESBUBG, ILLXNOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BALING-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

Application tiled .Tune 14, 1917. Serial No. 174,783.

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Be it known that l, ALFRED W. KNUTSON, a citizen or" the United States,and a resident of Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State ofillinois, have invented a new and useful Baling-ress, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates more particularly to that general class ot presseswhich are employed for baling paper, rags, etc. ln this type of pressesthe bale is made by feeding into the compression chamber a charge ofmaterial, generally as much as can be packed in the chamber by theoperator, aided by a tamper. ri`he compression means, which in mostmodern presses was in some manner moved out ot the way, is then returnedto its normal position and operated to very firmly compress the charge.This opcation is carried on several times in order to make a completebale.

It will be evident from the above that much time is lost in removing theoperating parts from, and then returning them to their normal positions.The screw or worm, usually employed because ot its great etticiency,must be Unthreaded or raised to its highest position in order to inserteach charge, and it must then be threaded down upon this charge, andespecially when the charges are the lower ones is the process a tedious,tiring and wasteful one.

The principal object of my invention 1s to provide a baling presscomposed ot'elements whereby a bale may be termed with great rapidity.

rllhe general object ot the invention is to limprove the constructionand increase the utility and efficiency of devices ot this nature.

ln the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of the upper portionof a baling press embodying` a preferred form ot my improyements;

Fig. 2, a tragmental top plan of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a Jfront elevation, partly in section and partly broken away, ofa somewhat modified form; and

Fig. 1l, a side elevation of the modification illustrated in Fig. 3.

Coming now to a detailed description of the device shown in Figs. l and2 and indieating the elements and, where necessary,

the parts thereof each by a distinguishing reference numeral, 2indicates the door or removable front, 3 the back, l the bottom, and 5,o the sides of the pressbox or compression-chamber. The particularconstruction of these is immaterial.

Fixed to the side 5 isa plate 6, and projected through both these is abolt 7 acting as a fulcrum for a hook S. 9 indicates the securing nut.

Secured by bolts 10 `to a plate 11 fixed to the side 5 is a bracket 12.Hinged by a bolt 13 engaging eyes in oppositely arranged ears 14 in abracket 16 is one end of a cross-beam (or screw-carrying beam) 15. 17designates a swivel by which the brackets 12 and 16 are connected. 18denotes a bolt passing through the beam adjacent and at right angles tothe bolt 13, and is purposed to prevent any tendency of the beam tosplit by reason ot the weakening incident to boring the hole for thebolt 13. 19 is the nut thereon.

rEhe tree end of the beam is embraced by a clamp-bracket 2O which issecured thereto by a bolt 21 and nut 22. 23 indicates a latch-pinpreferably bracket Q0. Y

24: indicates a platen to which is secured a socket-plate 25.

26 denotes the compression-screw, which engages threadsin the beam l5 inany preterred manner. 27, 2S denote reinforce plates secured to the beamand to each other by bolts 29 and nuts 30. At one of its ends the screwcarries a T, 31, and at its other end it carries a T, 32, each suitablysecured1 as by a cross-pin 83, to the adjacent end of the screw.

To operate the press, let it be assumed that the elements are in therelative positions shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 9.; that one ormore charges of material have been placed and compressed in the box; andthat a charge of tamped but not tinally compressed material has beenplaced on top oit the upper, compressed charge. Vihe beam will then beswung in a horizontal plane, by means of the swivel 17, to the solidline position shown in said figures, and the hook or latch 8 engagedwith the pin 23. A bar or stick, 43, shown in Fig. 3, suitable toperform in the capacity of an operating,I lever, is then to be engagedwith that T which is for the time being uppermost, and

integral with the the screw operated thereby in the usual manner. Thepoint of the lower T will rotate freely inthe socket of the plate 25 andthe platen Q4 will be forced downward in the usual manner of suchdevices.

Then this charge has been thus conipressed let it be assumed that theplaten and screw are at the height shown in Fig. l. rl`he hook 8 will befreed from the latch-pin 23 and the beam 15 and thereby the screw 26swung in the vertical arc shown by dotted lines in Fig. l. The platenmay then be removed and another charge of material inserted through thefully opened mouth (upper end) of the press-box, whereupon it is to betainped and the platen re-positioned. It is to be particularly notedthat the swinging movementof the screw, just above described, hasreversed the positions of its ends and that the T 8l which waspreviousll-,fY uppermost, is now lowermost. rhis reversal of the screw,or turning' it end for end, obviates the otherwise necessity ofunthreading it to the dotted line. position shown in Fig. l, thusefecting a great saving' of time as welll as having the screw always inposition for a succeeding` operation. The beam and screw may now beswung in the horizontal arc illustrated in F ig. 2 and the loching` andcompressing operations hereinabove described, repeated until a completebale has been made, whereupon it may be wired in any preferred manner.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, 2 denotes the front, shownin 3, as secured in place by hooks a, eyes b, and a rod c and shown inFig. l as removed; the bottoni; and 5a, 5b the sides. 2 denotes theplaten; 25 the socket-plate thereon; 2G the screw; 3l and 32 the Ts; andl5 the beam.

On each side of the box is secured a plate e() from which projects apintle el. Hinged on each pintle is a bcam-carryingplate Llc?. Embracingeach end of the beain is a stirrup 44. 45, designate bolt-s and 0r6, 46nuts whereby the stirrups are secured to the ends of the beam. rlhecross-piece of each stirrup is provided with an aperture whichregisters4 with one in the upper end of the adjacent plate e2. In eachpair of these apertures is seated a hinge-pin et? the ends of which areheaded-up as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

lVhen itis desired to reverse the screw Q6 the beam 15 is swunghorizontally a one-half revolution on the pins 47. rIhis operation isshown clearly by the two sets of dotted lines in Fig'. l.

lt will be obvious that it is practically impossible to hereinparticularly describe all the various operations of either of the formsof the invention while the bale is being formed, for this must ofnecessity depend upon the judgment of the operator, and must be basedupon the position (height) of the last-compressed charge. f

It. is to be understood, of course, that the def-vices may be operatedeither by reversing the screw and beam as each successive charge ofmaterial isl placed inthe box, or by operating them in the usual manner,without re versing or turning them end for end.

l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following,to-wit:

l. En a baling-press, a press-boi;7 a. platen therein, acompression-beam, and a screw operatively engaged 'with said beam andadapted to be turned endforend to selectively bri-ng either of its endsinto operative engagement with the platen.

2. ln a baling-press, a press-box, a platen therein, a compression-beam,screw operatively connected therewith, said beam and screw being'reversible whereby either end of the latter may be brought into engage4ment with the platen.

3. ln a baling-press, a press-box, a platen therein, a compression-beamconnected witl'i the press-box to swingl in bot-h vertical andiorizontal arcs, and aV screw operatively connected with the beam andadapted to bear upon the platen.

lin a. baling-press, a press-box includ-- ing a removable front, aplaten in the pressbox, a compression-beam connected with the box toswing both verticallyv and horizontally, and a screw operativelyconnected with the beam and adapted to bear upon the platen.

5. In a ba ing-press, a press-box, a platen therein, a compression-beamconnected with. the press-box to swing both vertically and horizontally,a screw operatively engaged with the beam and adapted to bear on theplaten, and means for retaining the beam in ope 'ative position.

In testimony whereof l hereto allix in v signature at Galesburg, Knoxcounty. Illinois. this 9th day of June, 1917.

ALFRED XV. KNUTSGN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained :for ve cents each. by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

